The trio of art thieves descended on their target with precision, audacity and insouciance. They wore dark hoodies, masks and gloves. They brought with them everything they would need: a ladder to ...

Thirty years ago, if you saw someone spray-painting a wall, you'd probably call the cops. Today, that same person might be selling their work for millions at Sotheby's. Street art has undergone one of ...

Once dismissed as vandalism, it's evolved to become one of the most accessible and powerful art forms on the planet. A voice for the voiceless, a protest against the status quo, a love letter to a ...

Evacuated from my Lower Manhattan apartment and hiding from Hurricane Irene, I find myself thinking about anonymous street art and what it means to art-viewing practices. Different from traditional ...

What’s in a name? Let’s start off with a clear contention. Street Art, as I see it, is a period. Period. It is today just one of the many sub-groups housed within the larger category of Art, a period ...

It's at Miami's Museum of Graffiti, which bills itself as the first museum in the world dedicated to graffiti and street art. The museum is located in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood, an art-forward ...

Coverage of the global street art scene would lead you to believe it’s largely the domain of straight, cis men, but as a queer street art movement spreads across the country, Los Angeles has become a ...

Shepard Fairey stands in the warm glow of Wynwood Walls on a balmy December evening, wearing a worn black Bad Brains t-shirt. Around him, the outdoor museum has surrendered to raucous celebration—a ...

Hotels have always been canvases. Everything from frescoed ceilings in tiny historic palaces in Venice to hyper-minimalist contemporary galleries that also happen to be places to stay. But in Brazil, ...

The sides of buildings have become an unexpected source of conflict as street artists, advertisers and residents debate what New York should look like. Credit... Supported by By T.M. Brown Photographs ...